Ranking Every WWE Title Match At Royal Rumbles Worst To Best

7. Royal Rumble 1995 - Diesel Vs. Bret Hart

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Having had an excellent Champion vs. Champion match - Bret Hart as WWF Champ, Diesel as IC Champ - at King of the Ring '94, the Hitman and Big Daddy Cool went and topped that with a stunning contest at the 1995 Royal Rumble.

By that point, Diesel was now the WWF Champion, with Hart challenging to reclaim a prize he'd lost to Bob Backlund.

At the time, this Rumble offering was handily Kevin Nash's best singles match in a WWF ring. With Big Sexy as the powerhouse babyface World Champ, and the Excellence of Execution as the dogged, scrappy babyface challenger, these two put on a fantastic bout as Hart was laser-focussed on taking out his larger opponent's legs.

For 25 of this contest's 27 minutes, it was sheer magic. Sadly, the ending somewhat tarnished the match, with interference from Owen Hart, Bob Backlund, Shawn Michaels, Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie causing the bout to be called off.

Completing a fantastic trilogy, Bret and Diesel would have another brilliant bout at the '95 Survivor Series, and they'd yet again put on stellar outing at In Your House: Rage in the Cage the following year. Many will claim that Shawn Michaels was Kevin Nash's greatest ever opponent, but upon revisiting the aforementioned matches against Bret Hart, it's tough to argue against the Calgary native as being the one to truly get the best out of Nash.

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